U-19 Women's World Championships: Update After Two Days of Play

After two days of lacrosse here in Hannover... a few things stood out right away. One: the Americans are still the team to beat, and two: the rest of the field has gotten a lot better.

The opening match between Germany and the Czech Republic was an up and down battle with the Czechs coming out on top with some great Goalkeeping by Veronika Bernhauserova. Canada dominated their game against Haudenosaunee, scoring and defending with discipline.

New Zealand outplayed Netherlands with a great game by attacker Victoria Lelo leading all scorers and grabbing Player of the Match honors. Scotland vs Wales provided a spark to the day with Scotlands Emily Zaborski and Wales' Iona Dryden showing off some impressive offensive play.

The USA vs Japan was a tale of two halves, Japan came out with a zone defensive and crisp passing through the midfield and put the Americans on their heels to start. But adjustments were made quickly and the Americans showed some great disciplined, behind a 6 goal performance from attacker Erin McMunn, and won the game 19:5.

England and Australia ended the day with a hard fought match in the midfield. England leaned on Ruby Smith (4,1) and Sarah Taylor (4,0) to provide the attack but Australia's Danelle Mollison's 6 goals in the end were just to much with the Aussies winning 15:10.

Day 3 looks to be a nice one, the big game is at 3pm CET (9am EST) USA vs Canada.